Title of film : Joyland
Director Name : Saim Sadiq
Cast & crew :
Producer : Apoorva Guru Charan,Sarmad Sultan Khoosat,Lauren Mann
Editor : Saim Sadiq,Jasmin Tenucci
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Synopsis : In a Lahore-based middle-class patriarchal family that desires the birth of a male child, its stern, wheelchair-bound head’s wish for grandchildren is challenged when his younger son, Haider, joins a sensual dance theatre as a background dancer, and finds himself falling in love with Biba, the troupe’s lead transgender dancer who isfiercely independent, ambitious and outspoken. The first Pakistani film to be selected as an official entry at the Cannes Film Festival, Joyland received a standing ovation in the Salle Debussy theatre and took home the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize and the Queer Palm award.
Director Bio : Pakistani director Saim Sadiq, an alumnus of the Lahore University of Management Sciences and the School of Arts, Columbia University, made his directorial debut with the short film Darling (2019) which won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film. His first feature film, Joyland (2022), earned him the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
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